Public school · Santee · Santee, California

Hill Creek Elementary — Rating & test scores

Santee · TK–8 · 695 students (2024–25)

9665 Jeremy Street, 92071hc.santeesd.net ↗(619) 956-5000

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The dots are California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2026 tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2025–26
A weighted mix of six measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Hill Creekhigher than 71 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Hill Creekhigher than 71 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Hill Creekhigher than 71 of the 100 California dots

California’s public elementary schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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Above California in English, well above in math: 54% and 56% scored Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5, spring 2026, against 46% and 42%.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 232 in English, 233 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

For grades 6–8, the standing among California middle schools is in Academic achievement ↓

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On spring 2025 tests, students in grades 4–8 scored above what the state expected in English (+21 pts) and math (+6 pts). The state bases that expectation on each student’s earlier scores.

Sources

The sentence above: CDE growth model, 2025. Students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 315. Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Common questions

How do I get in?

Hill Creek runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Santee which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Hill Creek a good school?

Hill Creek Elementary scores higher than 71 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools: 71st percentile, Solid, spring 2026.

Grades 6–8: higher than 66 in 100 California middle schools we score (66th percentile, Solid, spring 2026)

Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 8 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 10 in 100 at the average Santee elementary school. 2.1% of students (15 of 723) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. Evidence ↓

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored +21 points against the state’s expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +6 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Included in this measure: 315 students

Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 56% of low-income students in grades 3–8 at Hill Creek Elementary in Santee scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 37% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Above California in English; well above it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), spring 2026

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 54% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 56% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grades 3–5: 232 in English, 233 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grades 3–5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English, 1,211,701 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grades and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 232 tested

Advanced: 28%
Proficient: 26%
Below the standard: 46%

This school54%

California46%

Santee58%

54% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Math

Grades 3–5 · spring 2026 · 233 tested

Advanced: 27%
Proficient: 29%
Below the standard: 44%

This school56%

California42%

Santee52%

56% Proficient or Advanced in grades 3–5.

Results for each grade, spring 2026English and math · grades 3–8 · every level, with tested counts

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	55%	53%	55%
Advanced	33%	29%	23%
Proficient	22%	24%	32%
Developing level	31%	18%	30%
Minimal	14%	29%	15%
Tested	78	76	78
California	44%	46%	49%
Difference	+11	+7	+6

English, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	71%	71%	61%
Advanced	23%	37%	14%
Proficient	48%	34%	47%
Developing level	21%	17%	25%
Minimal	8%	12%	14%
Tested	62	52	64
California	48%	51%	49%
Difference	+23	+20	+12

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced	57%	57%	54%
Advanced	23%	26%	31%
Proficient	34%	31%	23%
Developing level	27%	32%	28%
Minimal	16%	11%	18%
Tested	79	76	78
California	47%	42%	37%
Difference	+10	+15	+17

Math, grades 6–8: share of students tested, spring 2026
Measure	Grade 6	Grade 7	Grade 8
Proficient or Advanced	44%	40%	39%
Advanced	15%	16%	17%
Proficient	29%	24%	22%
Developing level	32%	28%	28%
Minimal	24%	32%	33%
Tested	62	50	64
California	37%	38%	36%
Difference	+7	+2	+3

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How do the middle grades do?

Well above California in English; near it in math. In grades 6–8, spring 2026, 67% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 41% in math, against 49% and 37% across California. The middle grades are placed separately: 66th percentile (Solid) among California’s middle schools.

English

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 178 tested

Advanced: 24%
Proficient: 43%
Below the standard: 33%

This school67%

California49%

Santee59%

67% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Math

Grades 6–8 · spring 2026 · 176 tested

Advanced: 16%
Proficient: 25%
Below the standard: 59%

This school41%

California37%

Santee46%

41% Proficient or Advanced in grades 6–8.

Have results changed?

English results were lower than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 61% to 54% and math from 55% to 56%.

English · top two levels · grades 3–5

202561%223 tested

→

202654%232 tested

This school

California, same grades46% → 46%2025 → 2026 · 1,232,086 → 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5

202555%223 tested

→

202656%233 tested

This school

California, same grades41% → 42%2025 → 2026 · 1,241,652 → 1,211,701 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Did students here score above what the state expected?

Yes, in both subjects. California sets an expected score for each student from that student’s own score the year before. In 2025, students here in grades 4–8 scored +21 points against that expected score in English, which the state calls Exceptional. In math, they scored +6 points, which it calls Accelerated.

Source

Source: CDE growth model, 2025
Students: students with scores in both years in grades 4–8: 315
Comparison: Points are scale-score points against the state’s expected score for each student; the category is CDE’s, quoted as published. It describes results, not causes.

Grades 4–8 · 2025 · 315 students with scores in both years

Points above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores.

+21 pts

English

The state calls it Exceptional, the highest of its five growth levels.

+6 pts

Math

The state calls it Accelerated, the fourth of its five growth levels.

Ask: How does the school check what’s working in English?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grades 3–5 · This school	28%	26%	27%	19%	232
English, grades 3–5 · California	24%	22%	21%	33%	1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Santee	30%	28%	22%	20%	1,858
Math, grades 3–5 · This school	27%	29%	29%	15%	233
Math, grades 3–5 · California	21%	21%	25%	33%	1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Santee	26%	26%	28%	20%	1,860
English, grades 6–8 · This school	24%	43%	22%	11%	178
English, grades 6–8 · California	19%	30%	23%	28%	1,254,039
English, grades 6–8 · Santee	21%	38%	24%	17%	1,786
Math, grades 6–8 · This school	16%	25%	29%	30%	176
Math, grades 6–8 · California	21%	16%	23%	40%	1,254,800
Math, grades 6–8 · Santee	23%	23%	26%	28%	1,781

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

English and math results for the tested grades. These do not measure the experience in kindergarten or the early grades.

Each grade’s results: English ↑ · Math ↑

Results since 20178 tested years shown

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202654%46%

Math top two levels, grades 3–5

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202656%42%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grades 3–5, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 41% in 2017 to 54% in 2026. In math, it went from 40% in 2017 to 56% in 2026, with 2025 and 2026 about the same. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2017	41% 234 tested	45% 1,384,680 tested
2018	43% 246 tested	49% 1,346,907 tested
2019	34% 243 tested	50% 1,332,547 tested
2022	50% 231 tested	45% 1,260,830 tested
2023	55% 238 tested	44% 1,247,801 tested
2024	54% 230 tested	45% 1,235,509 tested
2025	61% 223 tested	46% 1,232,086 tested
2026	54% 232 tested	46% 1,208,894 tested

Math · top two levels · grades 3–5
Year	This school	California
2017	40% 236 tested	40% 1,392,040 tested
2018	40% 248 tested	42% 1,352,321 tested
2019	32% 248 tested	44% 1,338,625 tested
2022	45% 230 tested	38% 1,265,943 tested
2023	50% 238 tested	40% 1,256,519 tested
2024	53% 229 tested	41% 1,249,262 tested
2025	55% 223 tested	41% 1,241,652 tested
2026	56% 233 tested	42% 1,211,701 tested

How the state’s growth measure worksPoints above or below what the state expected from the same students’ earlier scores

California uses each student’s English and math scores from the year before to set an expected score, based on how students with similar earlier scores did across the state. Zero would mean students here scored as expected. In English they scored 21 points above that expected score, and in math 6 points above it. Unlike the growth in our Scope Score, it follows the same students from one year to the next.

The state sorts every school’s growth result into five growth levels, from Minimal to Exceptional.

Here, as at most schools, the state’s figure blends the two most recent years, so it moves more slowly than one year’s scores.

Our Scope Score measures growth another way. It compares the latest grade 5 scores here with the school’s grade 3 scores two years earlier (partly different children), then places that change among California schools at the same level. The state’s measure counts only students who took California’s test the year before, so the two can point different ways.

What you can do

Who can act on Hill Creek’s results?

Santee’s board decides Hill Creek’s plan.

The state hasn’t placed Hill Creek in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

What has the state flagged?

The state is giving Santee extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Santee: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Santee’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
Read Santee’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2What the law requires, and what to ask

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source

Life at school

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

8 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26.

State attendance and suspension records, 2025–26

That means they missed 10% or more of school days. 2.1% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school.

Context Close to the 10 in 100 at the average Santee elementary school: a pattern across the district.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 60 of 709 students counted for it; suspension: 15 of 723 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Santee elementary school 2.4%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

8 in 100This school

10 in 100At the average Santee elementary school

17 in 100At the average California elementary school

60 of 709 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

2.1%

of students were suspended at least once (15 of 723). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Chronic absence by grade2025–26 · per 100 students, with counts

Grades TK–3: not in the records we hold
Grades 4–6: 9 in 100, 20 of 229
Grades 7–8: 8 in 100, 10 of 131

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Hill Creek

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

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Teach here? Tell us Santee’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups here scored well above the same groups across California in English.

Student groups, grades 3–8, spring 2026

Hispanic or Latino and low-income students and students with disabilities all score below California’s rate for all students statewide. 61% of Hispanic or Latino students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–8, spring 2026), against 38% for the same group across California. The chart gives each group’s figures. Every group’s math results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grades 3–8; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Hill CreekSame group, CaliforniaAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students

White221 tested61%Same group, California 61%
Hispanic or Latino132 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 61%Same group, California 38%
Low-income135 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 56%Same group, California 37%
Students with disabilities77 testedAhead of the same group across California, where that group scores below California’s rate for all students: 36%Same group, California 18%

Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–8 English, spring 2026. In math the same groups run from 31% to 56%; every value is in the table below. Students with disabilities: grades 3–6 only.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

White51%
Hispanic or Latino35%
Two or more races9%
Asian2%
Filipino2%
Black or African American—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Not reported—
Unallocated share1%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

51% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 21 of 41 English learners51%

Santee · 184 of 36351%

California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

47%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 329 of 695. California: 63%.

33teachers, 2024–25

14 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

3%in their first year, 2024–25

83%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: How does the school keep Hispanic or Latino students and other student groups on track as they move up through the grades?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–8 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Santee	vs California
Low-income · 135 tested
English	56%	+848%	+1937%
Math	39%	+237%	+1128%
White · 221 tested
English	61%	+160%	061%
Math	56%	+452%	+353%
Hispanic or Latino · 132 tested in English, 131 in math
English	61%	+655%	+2338%
Math	37%	−441%	+928%
Students with disabilities · 77 tested · grades 3–6 only
English	36%	+927%	+1818%
Math	31%	+1120%	+1516%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Santee, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

No published rate here for Asian, Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
White	51%
Hispanic or Latino	35%
Two or more races	9%
Asian	2%
Filipino	2%
Black or African American	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Pacific Islander	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 83% of teaching positions, 28.9 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 34.9 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

How do I get in?

Hill Creek runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Santee which school serves your address.

School website: hc.santeesd.net ↗Office: (619) 956-5000Administrator: Chasity Forster

Location and visiting

Get directions

9665 Jeremy Street, Santee 92071

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Santee.

Questions for your visit

How does the school check what’s working in English? English: 61% in 2025 to 54% in 2026 here; California: 46% to 46%
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

Office (619) 956-50009665 Jeremy Street, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby elementary schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest elementary schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby elementary schoolsPercentile among California elementary schools, 2026

Cajon Park Elementary1.0 mi
35thDevelopingScope Score 29
Rio Seco Elementary1.2 mi
70thSolidScope Score 46
Lakeside Farms ElementaryLakeside Union Elementary · 1.9 mi
57thSolidScope Score 39
Pepper Drive Elementary1.9 mi
51stSolidScope Score 36
Riverview ElementaryLakeside Union Elementary · 1.9 mi
84thStrongScope Score 58

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #1,609 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #4 of 9 in Santee

Score factors, 2025–26
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Advancedaverage of English and math	28%	56	42%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math	55%	59	23%
5th graders in 2026 against 3rd graders in 2024 (partly different children)	+78 scale-score pts	53	20%
Chronically absent	8 in 100	63	5%
Suspension rate	2.1% (15 of 723)	46	5%
English learners: top level	17%	51	5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. Growth is the change between the school's earlier and later grade-level groups, in scale-score points; it does not follow the same students.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2025–26	47	71	#1609	California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 and 2024–25 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School year	Chronic absence	Suspension	Grade gap (points)
2018–19	8 in 100	8.8% (72 of 818)	+1
2021–22	not on file	not on file	−7
2022–23	not on file	not on file	+3
2023–24	13 in 100	3.0% (22 of 725)	−2
2024–25	10 in 100	2.9% (21 of 722)	+7
2025–26	8 in 100	2.1% (15 of 723)	−2

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	410	26%	60%
2026 · Math	409	22%	49%
2025 · English	410	27%	67%
2025 · Math	412	23%	47%
2024 · English	411	23%	54%
2024 · Math	411	21%	47%
2023 · English	403	23%	54%
2023 · Math	403	23%	45%
2022 · English	395	22%	53%
2022 · Math	394	21%	43%
2019 · English	442	12%	36%
2019 · Math	449	13%	33%
2018 · English	438	14%	47%
2018 · Math	443	16%	44%
2017 · English	461	14%	45%
2017 · Math	464	16%	42%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English	78	51%
2025 · Grade 4 · English	71	69%
2025 · Grade 5 · English	74	62%
2025 · Grade 6 · English	59	73%
2025 · Grade 7 · English	65	66%
2025 · Grade 8 · English	63	83%
2025 · Grade 3 · Math	78	50%
2025 · Grade 4 · Math	71	61%
2025 · Grade 5 · Math	74	54%
2025 · Grade 6 · Math	60	30%
2025 · Grade 7 · Math	66	36%
2025 · Grade 8 · Math	63	44%
2024 · Grade 3 · English	76	51%
2024 · Grade 4 · English	78	47%
2024 · Grade 5 · English	76	63%
2024 · Grade 6 · English	61	54%
2024 · Grade 7 · English	65	55%
2024 · Grade 8 · English	55	49%
2024 · Grade 3 · Math	75	60%
2024 · Grade 4 · Math	78	54%
2024 · Grade 5 · Math	76	45%
2024 · Grade 6 · Math	60	30%
2024 · Grade 7 · Math	67	43%
2024 · Grade 8 · Math	55	49%
2023 · Grade 3 · English	82	38%
2023 · Grade 4 · English	76	74%
2023 · Grade 5 · English	80	56%
2023 · Grade 6 · English	60	57%
2023 · Grade 7 · English	52	40%
2023 · Grade 8 · English	53	57%
2023 · Grade 3 · Math	82	48%
2023 · Grade 4 · Math	76	68%
2023 · Grade 5 · Math	80	35%
2023 · Grade 6 · Math	60	38%
2023 · Grade 7 · Math	52	37%
2023 · Grade 8 · Math	53	38%
2022 · Grade 3 · English	82	50%
2022 · Grade 4 · English	84	52%
2022 · Grade 5 · English	65	46%
2022 · Grade 6 · English	56	59%
2022 · Grade 7 · English	53	72%
2022 · Grade 8 · English	55	45%
2022 · Grade 3 · Math	82	48%
2022 · Grade 4 · Math	83	49%
2022 · Grade 5 · Math	65	37%
2022 · Grade 6 · Math	56	39%
2022 · Grade 7 · Math	53	38%
2022 · Grade 8 · Math	55	40%
2019 · Grade 3 · English	84	30%
2019 · Grade 4 · English	83	39%
2019 · Grade 5 · English	76	34%
2019 · Grade 6 · English	75	29%
2019 · Grade 7 · English	56	43%
2019 · Grade 8 · English	68	46%
2019 · Grade 3 · Math	84	31%
2019 · Grade 4 · Math	85	36%
2019 · Grade 5 · Math	79	28%
2019 · Grade 6 · Math	75	17%
2019 · Grade 7 · Math	58	45%
2019 · Grade 8 · Math	68	47%
2018 · Grade 3 · English	81	46%
2018 · Grade 4 · English	80	44%
2018 · Grade 5 · English	85	41%
2018 · Grade 6 · English	60	42%
2018 · Grade 7 · English	72	62%
2018 · Grade 8 · English	60	45%
2018 · Grade 3 · Math	82	39%
2018 · Grade 4 · Math	80	55%
2018 · Grade 5 · Math	86	28%
2018 · Grade 6 · Math	61	54%
2018 · Grade 7 · Math	73	47%
2018 · Grade 8 · Math	61	43%
2017 · Grade 3 · English	86	38%
2017 · Grade 4 · English	78	40%
2017 · Grade 5 · English	70	46%
2017 · Grade 6 · English	73	44%
2017 · Grade 7 · English	64	50%
2017 · Grade 8 · English	90	53%
2017 · Grade 3 · Math	87	45%
2017 · Grade 4 · Math	78	37%
2017 · Grade 5 · Math	71	37%
2017 · Grade 6 · Math	74	45%
2017 · Grade 7 · Math	64	45%
2017 · Grade 8 · Math	90	43%

Current 2025–26 grade results are under Academic achievement, in Results for each grade. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	144	15%	27%	51%	7%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California

Group · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	135	56%	+8	+19
White	221	61%	+1	0
Hispanic or Latino	132	61%	+6	+23

Student groups: the state’s growth measureCalifornia School Dashboard 2025 · points above or below what the state expected · shown, not part of the score

Group	English	n	CDE category	Math	n	CDE category
All students	+21	315	Exceptional	+6	315	Accelerated
English-only students	+23	270	not categorized	+6	270	not categorized
White	+22	169	Exceptional	+13	169	Accelerated
Low-income	+21	167	Exceptional	−1	167	Average
Hispanic or Latino	+12	92	Accelerated	−6	92	Moderate
Students with disabilities	+8	54	Accelerated	+6	54	Accelerated
Two or more races	+22	37	Exceptional	−3	37	Average
English learners	−3	36	Average	+5	36	Accelerated
Recently reclassified as fluent in English	+14	25	not categorized	+2	25	not categorized
English learners only	−33	11	not categorized	+16	11	not categorized

CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score — not a percentage or percentile. The table keeps the group records SchoolScope imported for this school, including rows below our narrative display threshold. Muted rows have fewer than 30 students with a valid growth score. SchoolScope uses that threshold for the shorter narrative view; the reported values stay visible here. “Not categorized” means this imported CDE row has a growth value without a performance category. At least one estimate here is a CDE weighted estimate; that describes how CDE combines years, not a year-over-year trend. A group absent from this table has no imported record shown here. Its absence alone does not establish its size or performance. CDE growth covers grades 4–8. SchoolScope does not use these CDE figures in its Scope Score.

Growth recordsthe state’s student-by-student measure, and grade 5 against the same school’s grade 3 two years earlier, partly different children · two different measures

Grade 5 in 2026 against grade 3 in 2024 · English

English · 2024 · Grade 3

28%

exceeded standard · 51% met or exceeded

CDE CAASPP 2024 · 76 English test records with scores

English · 2026 · Grade 5

23%

Advanced · 55% Proficient or Advanced

CDE CAASPP 2026 · 78 English test records with scores

Minimum rounded subject-mean records with scores at the endpoints: 76 (school-grade cohort proxy).

These paired percentages describe English results for grade groups at this school in two years. The groups are not matched students. SchoolScope's scored growth measure uses a different school-level scale-score proxy across English and math; California's matched-student model is a separate measure.

California growth model · points vs expected

State model · English+21 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

315 students

CDE growth category: Exceptional

State model · math+6 pts vs expected

matched students, grades 4–8

CDE California growth model · 2025 Dashboard

Weighted school estimate; assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25

All students, grades 4–8

315 students

CDE growth category: Accelerated

Source notes. CDE reports scale-score points against the state’s expected score for matched students, never a percentage. Among SchoolScope's retained California elementary school records, the median English estimate is +2 and the middle half fall between −5 and +9 scale-score points — the spread is wide, so read the figure against it, not its sign alone. CDE's 2025 Dashboard weighted school estimate uses assessments from 2022–23, 2023–24, and 2024–25; adjacent reporting editions should not be read as independent annual changes. The CDE measure covers grades 4–8, and it is not part of the Scope Score.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 10 in 100 → 2025–26 · 8 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 2.9% (21 of 722) → 2025–26 · 2.1% (15 of 723) · −0.8 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	8 in 100	9 in 100	+1 in 100
Male	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 in 100
Asian	0 in 100	7 in 100	+7 in 100
Filipino	0 in 100	14 in 100	+14 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	14 in 100	15 in 100	+1 in 100
Two or more races	7 in 100	3 in 100	−4 in 100
White	5 in 100	5 in 100	0 in 100
Students with disabilities	9 in 100	11 in 100	+2 in 100
English learners	14 in 100	16 in 100	+2 in 100
Homeless	4 in 100	—	—
Low-income	11 in 100	16 in 100	+5 in 100
All students	8 in 100	8 in 100	0 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$12,087 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 6,482 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$278 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 695

Central federal expenditures attributed here$532 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 695

District current expense · FY 2024–25$16,078 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 67%Instruction support 9%Student services 8%Administration 7%Buildings & maintenance 9%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$59,721,378	67.28%	67%
Instruction support	$7,805,498	8.79%	9%
Student services	$7,127,941	8.03%	8%
Administration	$6,078,386	6.85%	7%
Buildings & maintenance	$8,025,682	9.04%	9%
Total	$88,758,884	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $88,758,884 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$12,087 per pupil

2020$10,685 per pupil

2019$11,103 per pupil

2018$10,010 per pupil

2017$9,720 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92071 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92071 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$113,618
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	35%
ZIP-area population	59,590
Median age	40.3 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92071 →

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